Mark is right about kids’ bike weight - I learned this the hard way with the lemon bomb that was the Giant 20incher I bought Baby Bear. What a punishment it was to tackle a hill on that thing. (Heavier than my older son’s Specialized Hotrock in 24 inches.) The Giant was so bad I sold it months later and bought the Islabike. That bike is long gone as he’s outgrown it, but do check out Woom. Woom can take a rack! Huge help if your grandson wants to carry his backpack or his picnic lunch.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2019, at 2:19 PM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch > <[email protected]> wrote: > > And to clarify, I don't worry about bike weight, but with kids I think it > can be a negative when a bike ends up to be 35-50% of their body weight. > >> On Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 5:16:55 PM UTC-4, Mark in Beacon wrote: >> Yes. Sold the 24" Islabike my son outgrew, got him a WOOM. Very nice bike. >> Much lighter that most of the kid's bikes from the major brands. They also >> tend to have at least somewhat proportional cranks , handlebars, and brake >> levers. I did extensive research and I think the Islabike and the WOOM are >> worth the premium. They have decent resale too, since they usually remain in >> good shape, unless you have 3 or 4 kids that they go through. And yeah, >> Islabike just closed their U.S. distributor, but operating in the UK. >> >>> On Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 4:06:24 PM UTC-4, Garth wrote: >>> Islabikes is still a successful UK company of origin and HQ . They sell >>> there and in the EU. >>> >>> >>> Woom bikes seems to make quality kids bikes for anyone looking. >>> >>> https://us.woombikes.com/pages/bikes-and-accessories >>> >>> Here's a review of a 20" version for example : >>> https://rascalrides.com/woom-4-review/ >>> >>> >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/32gbAL9B_zE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
